Adapting antenatal care in a rural LMIC during COVID-19: A low literacy checklist to mitigate risk for community health workers

Sasha Hernandez; Jessica B Oliveira; Concepcion Mendoza Sosof; Eleanor Lawrence; Taraneh Shirazian

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13332

Adapting antenatal care in a rural LMIC during COVID-19: A low literacy checklist to mitigate risk for community health workers

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Nov;151(2):289-291. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13332. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Authors

Sasha Hernandez^{1

2}, Jessica B Oliveira^{1

3}, Concepcion Mendoza Sosof^{1

4}, Eleanor Lawrence¹, Taraneh Shirazian^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Saving Mothers, New York, NY, USA.
² New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
³ Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
⁴ Centro de Atencion Integral Materno Infantil, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala.

Abstract

Community health workers trained in mitigating infection risk via a low literacy checklist can provide essential healthcare, such as prenatal care, during the COVID‐19 pandemic in LMICs.

Keywords: COVID-19; Community health workers; Essential health care; Guatemala; Indigenous health; Mayan health; Pregnancy; Rural; Simulation training; Women's health.